security of south east asia . the first raaf helicopters were committed to the vietnam war towards the end of his term , and he travelled to saigon with the chief of the general staff , lieutenant general sir john wilton , in march 1966 to plan the deployment . the year before , wilton had recommended to air marshal murdoch , the chief of the air staff , that two iroquois be sent to vietnam for familiar ##isation purposes ; murdoch had re ##bu ##ffed wilton , and the raaf helicopter squadron was considered under ##pre ##par ##ed for its army co @ - @ operation role when it finally did deploy . head ##lam succeeded air vice marshal douglas candy as ao ##c support command ,
security of south east asia. the first raaf helicopters were committed to the vietnam war towards the end of his term, and he travelled to saigon with the chief of the general staff, lieutenant general sir john wilton, in march 1966 to plan the deployment. the year before, wilton had recommended to air marshal murdoch, the chief of the air staff, that two iroquois be sent to vietnam for familiarisation purposes ; murdoch had rebuffed wilton, and the raaf helicopter squadron was considered underprepared for its army co @ - @ operation role when it finally did deploy. headlam succeeded air vice marshal douglas candy as aoc support command,